Teaching First-Grade TEXT FEATURES Using EXPLORING SEEDS
Features that help students understand how an informational text is organized:
FEATUREPURPOSE
Confirms title, author’s name, and publisher
Title page
Helps students identify main topics on a quick pass through the text
Chapter name, heading, or subheading
Page number
Helps students with sequence of ideas and aids in using the index
Defines new and important words
Glossary
Index
Lists the main ideas in the text, with page numbers to help students find them
Visual aids that help students understand informational texts:
VISUAL AID
Photo, drawing, or illustration
Diagram
PURPOSE
Shows how something in the text looked or might have looked
Gives a more detailed view of a complex topic
Features that point out important or additional information:
FEATUREPURPOSE
Bold print
Tells students a word is new and important; sometimes a glossary term
LabelIdentifies important points of interest in a diagram or photograph that students might otherwise miss
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TITLE PAGE: This is
the first page of the book.
It tells you what the name,
or title, of the book is. It
also tells you who wrote
the book. This person is
called the author.
TITLE
AUTHOR
by Kristin Sterling
a Lerner Publications Company · Minneapolis
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PHOTOS: The
photos or pictures in
a book show what
the words, or text,
describe. Looking
at photos can help
you understand the
meaning of the text.
BOLD PRINT:
Words in bold print
have thick, black
letters. You might
not know what
these words mean.
They are usually
in a glossary, or list
with meanings, at
the end of the book.
PAGE
NUMBERS: Page
numbers are on the
lower part of most
pages in a book. They
tell you how far along
you are in the book.
They also help you
find information from
the index.
I see seeds.
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DIAGRAM: A
diagram is a type of
drawing. Its title tells you
what the drawing shows.
LABELS:
These words
are part of a
diagram or a
photo. They
point out
important parts
of the diagram
or photo.
TEXT OR MAIN
TEXT: These are
the words on a page
that describe the main
ideas of the book.
Main text is usually
smaller than chapter
titles or headings.
Seeds are parts of plants.
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GLOSSARY
WORD
HEADINGS:
These words separate
your book into parts.
Headings are usually
in bigger type and
are at the top of a
page. A heading tells
you what’s to come in
that part of the book.
Glossary
roots – the parts of a plant that
bring in water and keep a
plant in the ground
seeds – the plant parts that
can make new plants
DEFINITION
soil – the dirt in which plants
grow
GLOSSARY: This is
a list of important new
words that you have
learned by reading the
book. Each glossary word
is in bold letters. After the
bold word is the meaning,
or definition, of the word.
You can find the glossary
near the end of the book.
stem – the part of a plant that
holds up the plant
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Index
flower – 3, 8–9
INDEX: This list at the end
of a book follows the order
of the alphabet. The index
helps you find main ideas.
The words in the index are
followed by page numbers.
These numbers tell you
where to go in the book to
find the main ideas.
leaves – 3, 8–9
pits – 13
roots – 3, 6
soil – 3, 5–6
stem – 3, 7
water – 5, 11
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